Sam G

The underlying design goal of modern social media is to make money, regardless of the real value they generate. Their customers are advertisers and data brokers, and their product is their users. By design and in practice, social media maximize the amount of time that users are on the application....

Conspiracy theories can be thought of as revisionist history that is still political. Speculation is a normal part of analyzing politics. So, while these theories are commonplace historically speaking, the use of the term "conspiracy theory" for stigmatization and idea repression is relatively new[1]. Yet as a result of this,...